The Way Back Home 153

└ posted on Tuesday, 7 August 2018, by Novil

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Protestor #1: Ariella!

Protestor #2: Who?

Protestor #3: Ilias!

Ariella of Cheysh: I think I’m gonna take this before somebody gets hurt.

Ariella of Cheysh: Niven, I’m amazed how you manage to be on the wrong side of history again and again.

Niven Bluedale: At least I’m not a traitorous opportunist like you, Ariella.

Niven Bluedale: As if you gave an imp’s ass about Jael or Ileasaar! You’re only looking for another adventure!

Ariella of Cheysh: I like Jael! But whatever,…

Command: What do you want?

Ariella of Cheysh: We demand that you release Jael!

Ilias: And we demand that you hand over the woman who broke my fiancée’s finger!

Well … since Jael Bara claims to be the rightful Queen she (and thus her followers) *has* to make sure that anybody inflicting harm to her is punished for High Treason. If she can’t enforce that how can she show her people that she’s able to protect them?

A monarch never has more power then they can wield. Ask the British ….

Huh. Ilias’ demand seems like one they would so obviously refuse… is this some ruse, part of Ariella’s plan? An attempt to, for some reason, raise tensions to make the guards less attentive, or something like that? They obviously have a very clear plan for relatively immediate action, and we’re not seeing any of that…
I don’t think either of them have any illusions about how unlikely it is for the guards to just release Viviana.

Huh. Ilias’ demand seems like one they would so obviously refuse… is this some ruse, part of Ariella’s plan? An attempt to, for some reason, raise tensions to make the guards less attentive, or something like that? They obviously have a very clear plan for relatively immediate action, and we’re not seeing any of that…
I don’t think either of them have any illusions about how unlikely it is for the guards to just release Viviana.

Definitely, gets them in a dialogue long enough for potentially less lethal measures to be taken, there is a crisis on the horizon, last thing they need is for there to be more political tension than there already will be, people die in roits that is politically manageable, however no that an authority figure has presented themselves an attempt to minimize bloodshed must be apparent for future relations to go smoothly

Their action did not involve any rainbow knife yet – so I guess we are just at the start of “out of the shadows, option C”, which includes posing utterly impossible demands to the opponent to provoke attack.

So it seems “out of the shadows” involves being completely in your enemy’s face, and hoping they don’t shoot you in yours. Xalander must have been pretty daring if he considered this a standard tactic.

What I’m really wondering about is how soon Eldor shows up, and how quickly do they panic or abort when he does.

@ mucat:
As far as I understand, the scene us taking place in Ileasaar. According to most understandings of jurisdiction, anyone present is obliged to show fealty to the local sovereign. And if we take the old-fashioned British concept of treason, this applies particularly to the physical body of the Sovereign. So, even an enemy soldier mishandling the Sovereign is guilty of high treason.

Civil wars and wars of liberation are really nasty, because they involve competing claims of jurisdiction. In essence, anyone present in the conflict zone is committing serious security-related crimes almost only by existing, because most likely, they are breaking the law’s of at least one jurisdiction. The legal fictions, unless tempered by mercy and common sense, will see everyone hanging.

But anyway, Ilias has been already named an officer of his Queen, and it is, actually, his duty to enforce the laws of Ileasaar against traitors and enemies by his own initiative.

The shields are down, the mob outnumbers his troops, greatly, he’s already declared open war on them by telling them they’ll be killed, if they don’t clear out the area in a completely unreasonable amount of time.

THEN he goes and yells “NEVER” when a peaceful resolution is offered, twice.

Furthermore, Illias has every right and duty to demand the woman who broke Vivian’s finger be brought to him. As Vivian’s fiance, and royal aide.

Before Illias, she stands a good chance of a fair trial, before a mob angered by her recorded and televised torture scene?

Yeah, good luck finding enough of her body to bury.

If I were the king of Cania, I’d be looking real, real close at how my “loyal” knights are recruited, hired, and trained.

Well … since Jael Bara claims to be the rightful Queen she (and thus her followers) *has* to make sure that anybody inflicting harm to her is punished for High Treason. If she can’t enforce that how can she show her people that she’s able to protect them?
A monarch never has more power then they can wield. Ask the British ….

This top guard is a flaking moron!
The shields are down, the mob outnumbers his troops, greatly, he’s already declared open war on them by telling them they’ll be killed, if they don’t clear out the area in a completely unreasonable amount of time.
THEN he goes and yells “NEVER” when a peaceful resolution is offered, twice.
Furthermore, Illias has every right and duty to demand the woman who broke Vivian’s finger be brought to him. As Vivian’s fiance, and royal aide.
Before Illias, she stands a good chance of a fair trial, before a mob angered by her recorded and televised torture scene?
Yeah, good luck finding enough of her body to bury.
If I were the king of Cania, I’d be looking real, real close at how my “loyal” knights are recruited, hired, and trained.

This. Both comments are the most accurate thinking I’ve read so far.
Besides that, looks like there’s always some rivalry between wizards, and that the soldiers are always dumb enought to always bring bloodshed to town.

What I can’t believe it’s that the guy that the arrow was shot at stayed right where he was after the arrow stopped moving. I mean he has like zero survival Instinct I also don’t see the barrier drawn in this I’m assuming it’s still there. I think Ilias going to be inciting more tensions with his comment, well then Rush the barrier bang on it ineffectually and once Aralia distracts them he will cut through it with it rainbow knife.when they focus on her. The tactic in this case is dividing their attention and the cutting through the barrier with rainbow knife is option C.

The shields are down, the mob outnumbers his troops, greatly, he’s already declared open war on them by telling them they’ll be killed, if they don’t clear out the area in a completely unreasonable amount of time.

THEN he goes and yells “NEVER” when a peaceful resolution is offered, twice.

Well, he does have one of Gaia’s top arch-wizards at his side which neutralizes Ariella for the time being. Plus he is expecting reinforcements any second now to take care of the mob and Ilias. He doesn’t know that Ariella and Ilias have already neutralized that threat. And he has the mob surrounded by archers who will be able to take out the lesser wizard in the crowd. (They would have already done that if not for Ariella’s intervention.) So in his mind he has every reason not to fold yet.

Now if Ariella can neutralize Niven in the next little bit, THEN we can talk about him being a fool if he doesn’t back down.

Civil wars and wars of liberation are really nasty, because they involve competing claims of jurisdiction. In essence, anyone present in the conflict zone is committing serious security-related crimes almost only by existing, because most likely, they are breaking the law’s of at least one jurisdiction. The legal fictions, unless tempered by mercy and common sense, will see everyone hanging.

What I can’t believe it’s that the guy that the arrow was shot at stayed right where he was after the arrow stopped moving. I mean he has like zero survival Instinct I also don’t see the barrier drawn in this I’m assuming it’s still there. I think Ilias going to be inciting more tensions with his comment, well then Rush the barrier bang on it ineffectually and once Aralia distracts them he will cut through it with it rainbow knife.when they focus on her. The tactic in this case is dividing their attention and the cutting through the barrier with rainbow knife is option C.

Actually, the guy that the arrow was shot at had destroyed the barrier last page, which is why the guard order the archer to shoot the wizard in the first place. This means there is no barrier for Ilias to bang on.

The shields are down, the mob outnumbers his troops, greatly, he’s already declared open war on them by telling them they’ll be killed, if they don’t clear out the area in a completely unreasonable amount of time.

THEN he goes and yells “NEVER” when a peaceful resolution is offered, twice.

Well, he does have one of Gaia’s top arch-wizards at his side which neutralizes Ariella for the time being. Plus he is expecting reinforcements any second now to take care of the mob and Ilias. He doesn’t know that Ariella and Ilias have already neutralized that threat. And he has the mob surrounded by archers who will be able to take out the lesser wizard in the crowd. (They would have already done that if not for Ariella’s intervention.) So in his mind he has every reason not to fold yet.

Now if Ariella can neutralize Niven in the next little bit, THEN we can talk about him being a fool if he doesn’t back down.